Water striders adjust leg movement speed to optimize takeoff velocity for their morphology
How water striders escape from danger by jumping vertically from the water surface without sinking is an open question in biomechanics. Yanget al. show that water strider species with varying leg lengths and body masses tune their leg movements to maximize jump speeds without breaking the surface of...
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| author | Eunjin Yang Jae Hak Son Sang-im Lee Piotr G. Jablonski Ho-Young Kim |
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| description | How water striders escape from danger by jumping vertically from the water surface without sinking is an open question in biomechanics. Yanget al. show that water strider species with varying leg lengths and body masses tune their leg movements to maximize jump speeds without breaking the surface of the water. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d830048d32c44ddcb172292f013d5b222022-12-21T19:44:46ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232016-12-01711910.1038/ncomms13698Water striders adjust leg movement speed to optimize takeoff velocity for their morphologyEunjin Yang0Jae Hak Son1Sang-im Lee2Piotr G. Jablonski3Ho-Young Kim4Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National UniversityLaboratory of Behavioral Ecology and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National UniversityDaegu-Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology School of Undergraduate StudiesLaboratory of Behavioral Ecology and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National UniversityDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National UniversityHow water striders escape from danger by jumping vertically from the water surface without sinking is an open question in biomechanics. Yanget al. show that water strider species with varying leg lengths and body masses tune their leg movements to maximize jump speeds without breaking the surface of the water.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13698 |
| spellingShingle | Eunjin Yang Jae Hak Son Sang-im Lee Piotr G. Jablonski Ho-Young Kim Water striders adjust leg movement speed to optimize takeoff velocity for their morphology Nature Communications |
| title | Water striders adjust leg movement speed to optimize takeoff velocity for their morphology |
| title_full | Water striders adjust leg movement speed to optimize takeoff velocity for their morphology |
| title_fullStr | Water striders adjust leg movement speed to optimize takeoff velocity for their morphology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Water striders adjust leg movement speed to optimize takeoff velocity for their morphology |
| title_short | Water striders adjust leg movement speed to optimize takeoff velocity for their morphology |
| title_sort | water striders adjust leg movement speed to optimize takeoff velocity for their morphology |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13698 |
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